On 26/06/19 23:22, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> The question wasnt regarding the current board, but the historical
> relationship.
>
Fair - I'm just fed up of the same old arguments trotted out repeatedly....

It's past, gone, done .. would we go back and change it, sure, probably....
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Michael Everitt <m.j.everitt@iee.org>
> Date: 6/27/19 00:15 (GMT+01:00)
> To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Gentoo Council nominees:
> Gentoo Foundation
>
> On 26/06/19 23:03, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> > On 6/26/19 11:54 PM, Matthew Thode wrote:
> >> On 19-06-26 21:45:48, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> >>> On 6/25/19 1:23 AM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> >>>> To the Council nominees, I put forward the following questions, around
> >>>> the Gentoo Foundation:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. What's your opinion of the past relationship between the Council &
> >>>>    Foundation?
> >>> The council has been critical of the way the foundation has been run,
> >>> for good reasons.
> >>>
> >> Do you mind enumerating the reasons and the actions you wish to see
> >> taken?
> > The foundation has failed to run an operation in accordance with the
> > laws and legislation of a foundation when it comes to, in particular,
> > accounting matters of a number of years, which is a disgrace. The
> > primary responsibility of the board of directors and its officers is to
> > ensure that the foundation comply with applicable laws and file the
> > necessary paperwork for its operation for things including tax matters.
> >
> Isn't it about time we quit pinning the mistakes of the past on the
> officers of the present? From what I understand, the present and recent
> officers have made extraordinary efforts to rectify the shortcomings of
> previous trustees, and to bang on about the status quo and that of previous
> foundation officers is hardly either constructive nor helpful to rectifying
> the present situation.
> >>>> 2. What should the future relationship between the Council & Foundation
> >>>>    look like?
> >>> As long as the foundation does it job and doesn't meddle in the running
> >>> of the distro I'm fine, but the foundation is there to support the
> distro.
> >>>
> >>>> 3. What should the future of the Foundation itself look like?
> >>> I'm fond of having an own foundation rather than an umbrella org, but it
> >>> requires that it is properly run.
> >>>
> >> Do you mind being more specific here as well?
> > see above.
> >
> >
>
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